ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Lilly Fowler
Criminal charges against the Rev. Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang – a Roman Catholic priest with close ties to Archbishop Robert Carlson who has been twice accused of sexual abuse – have been dismissed.
In a statement, prosecutors within the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office said they had on Tuesday dismissed the charges against Jiang, saying only that “the state is unable to proceed at this time.”
“The statute of limitations in this case does not run (out) for another 35 years. The office remains hopeful that charges will be refiled in the future,” read the statement.
Prosecutors had charged Jiang with two felony counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. The case involved a young boy at St. Louis the King School, the elementary school at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica.
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